George Floyd protests in Montana
[3] On June 7, over 1,000 protesters gathered outside the Yellowstone County Courthouse chanting "Black Lives Matter" and "I can't breathe".[11] On June 6, over 1,000 people held a largely peaceful protest in Depot Park to support Black Lives Matter and George Floyd.Many armed counter-protesters attended the event as well in order to keep the peace, namely to protect the nearby Flathead County Veterans Memorial from being vandalized.[13][14] Beginning on June 1, crowds of up to 70 protesters began gathering daily to support the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement.On multiple occasions, the group had been stalked by a 51-year-old white man who took his provocations to a "nose-to-nose" level, knocking signs out of hands and yelling expletives in protesters' faces.